Mayor's Task Force on Improved Governmental Structure for Indianapolis and Marion County Meeting Minutes, November 27, 1968

In late 1968, Mayor Lugar formed a task force within GIPC to analyze the concept, policy, and strategy of government consolidation. These minutes from an early task force meeting demonstrate the extensive thought and planning that had gone into consolidation, including exploring the adoption of a consolidated government two years before in Jacksonville, Florida, justifications for consolidation, and the suggestion to exclude the towns of Lawrence, Speedway, and Beech Grove from consolidated Indianapolis.